[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 2006)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 54887-54888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7860]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 181 / Tuesday, September 19, 2006 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 8051 of September 14, 2006

                
National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2006

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                As a Nation, we look to our service men and women as 
                examples of courage and sacrifice. When our country and 
                the world have needed brave Americans to advance the 
                cause of freedom, our men and women in uniform have 
                proudly stepped forward and selflessly endured 
                hardships to defend liberty. We are grateful to all who 
                have served, and on National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 
                we give special honor to the extraordinary patriots who 
                have been prisoners of war and to those who are still 
                missing in action. We take inspiration from their valor 
                and loyalty and will not rest until we have accounted 
                for them all.

                On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the National 
                League of Families POW/MIA flag is flown over the White 
                House, the Capitol, the Departments of State, Defense, 
                and Veterans Affairs, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 
                Korean War Veterans Memorial, World War II Memorial, 
                U.S. military installations, national cemeteries, and 
                other locations across our country. The POW/MIA flag is 
                a symbol of our Nation's resolve never to forget the 
                service and great sacrifice of the heroes who have 
                carried out liberty's urgent and noble mission, even at 
                the cost of their own freedom. On this day, we express 
                our deep appreciation to each of our Soldiers, Sailors, 
                Airmen, and Marines and our enduring commitment to 
                achieve the fullest possible accounting for all of our 
                men and women in uniform who have been prisoners of war 
                or are missing in action.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States do hereby proclaim Friday, September 15, 2006, 
                as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. I call upon the 
                people of the United States to join me in paying solemn 
                tribute to all former American prisoners of war and 
                those missing in action who valiantly served our great 
                country. I call upon Federal, State, and local 
                government officials and private organizations to 
                observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and 
                activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand six, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.
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[FR Doc. 06-7860
Filed 9-18-06; 8:45 am]
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